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DTV (Dialog Television), a subsidiary of one of Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunication service providers Dialog Axiata PLC, is extending its sponsorship of the Mercantile Rugby Sevens for a record ninth consecutive year. The Mercantile Rugby 7’s, one of the most anticipated events in the mercantile sporting calendar, will kick off from 18 to 20 November, ...
- Mercantile Rugby 2012: call for entries (Category: Business)
- Dialog strikes deal with Singer outlets on bill payments (Category: Business)
- Chat Margins (Category: Business)
The mega event will be the culmination of a year during which Singer celebrated its proud 160 year heritage of providing Sri Lankan customers trusted excellence. The Lifestyle Fiesta and Trade Exhibition will see the company exhibit the myriad brands that has made Singer’s multi-brand retail strategy so successful. Over 30 brands, most of them ...
- Singer Mega enters into agreement with Hunter & Company (Category: Business)
- Singer Mega showcases Mega kid art exhibition at National Art Gallery (Category: Business)
- Singer launches eco thermo pot in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Singer partners with Indian electronics giant Onida (Category: Business)
Nihonbashi was one of only two Sri Lankan restaurants selected to feature in the 2011/2012 edition of The Miele Guide, published earlier this week. Known as Asia’s first independent restaurant guide the much respected Miele Guide ranks the top 500 restaurants in Asia. To be recognised by it as one of two restaurants in Sri ...
- Nihonbashi celebrates 17 years of culinary excellence (Category: Business)
- Nihonbashi, the most romantic venue this Valentine’s Day (Category: Business)
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays conferred on Chef Dharshan Munidasa (Category: Breaking News)
- The worst restaurants to work for! (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist Hameedia takes men’s power dressing to newer heights with the launch of its latest range – ‘Innovation Unleashed.’ As its name suggests, ‘Innovation Unleashed’ gives men of all ages the unique opportunity to be different and stand out from crowd. It gives them the flexibility to add greater value to ...
- AOD collaborates with Hameedia for brand new fashion collection (Category: Business)
- Hameedia strikes Silver for ‘Local Brand of the Year’ at SLIM Awards 2011 (Category: Business)
- A dazzling Christmas’ with Hameedia (Category: Business)
A leader in Sri Lanka’s hospitality trade, the Mount Lavinia Hotel (MLH) is known throughout the world for its scenic beauty and first-rate services. Although a historic hotel aged beyond two centuries, MLH moves parallel to the 21st century hospitality trade practices and innovations, and its values are very much in par with ethical practices ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
Offering epic safari adventures, Chaaya Wild transcends expectations and enthrals nature enthusiastsBy Marianne David If there’s one message that Yala reinforces, it’s the fact Sri Lanka is so abundantly blessed – a miracle in many ways. Despite its rising position as a hotspot for leopards being temporarily halted in its tracks during the latter stages ...
- Leisure laughs! (Category: Business)
- Chitral’s take on Chaaya Wild and the wild (Category: Business)
- Project Leopard: Chaaya Wild’s responsible tourism drive (Category: Business)
New craft inspired ‘in-flight collection’ of fashion, accessories and jewellery to be launched at Sri Lanka Design Festival 2011The national carrier that has bridged the nation with the world for over three decades is soon to launch an in-flight collection that will carry the message of Sri Lankan craft heritage internationally. These collections will include ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
State broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) has contracted Harris Broadcast Communications to provide it with DVB-T2 transmission equipment as the South Asian nation migrates from analogue to digital terrestrial television. The contract involves a number of Harris Maxiva ULX UHF transmitters to support eight over the air digital channels for SLRC. Targeted DVB-T2 channel ...
- DVB-T2 digital technology to be introduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil gets contract to convert Rupavahini systems to digital (Category: Breaking News)
- Shop brews up arcade storm (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Court orders probe on State TV (Category: Breaking News)
By Devin Jayasundera Siedles (Pvt) Ltd. in its attempt to expand the Sony customer base in Sri Lanka and to provide a world class service to its cutomers launched a state-of-the-art Sony showroom at 150/3, Ward Place, Colombo 7 last week. The flagship Sony showroom equipped with the latest modern designs and sleek interior is ...
- Sony sees $ 2.9 b loss, reveals daunting task for new CEO (Category: Business)
- Sony launches 360 degree sweep panorama series (Category: Business)
- Sony international signs up Alston (Category: Breaking News)
- Sony launches new BRAVIA line: High Def, 3D and Internet TV (Category: Business)
By Chamitha Kuruppu The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna claims spending Rs. 265 billion on an 11-day extravaganza is intolerable for an economically ailing country like Sri Lanka. Addressing a media briefing the JVP warned that the aftermath of hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games would not be rosy as the Rajapaksa administration predicts According to JVP Propaganda ...
- Govt. takes vengeance on private sector over pension bill – JVP (Category: Business)
- JVP accuses Govt. of crippling University system (Category: Business)
- AKD’s India visit: ‘JVP will not compromise Lanka’s security and economic interets’ (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP urges public to hold Govt. accountable for “gambling with public money” (Category: Business)
Sri Lankans artistes signed under major labels Sony and Universal MusicBy Cheranka Mendis The Sherifs are the new wave of Euromerican influenced Asian singers, songwriters and producers. Made up of Azlan Sheriff and Dirk James, they are the only Sri Lankan born producers/artists to have produced an album scheduled for release under major labels Sony ...
- Sony international signs up Alston (Category: Breaking News)
- Sony sees $ 2.9 b loss, reveals daunting task for new CEO (Category: Business)
- Sony launches sensational showroom (Category: Business)
- Sony launches 360 degree sweep panorama series (Category: Business)
Seylan Bank has further expanded its rewards portfolio for its thousands of Seylan SURE customers all over Sri Lanka with Thagi Pita Thagi. Seylan SURE is a specially crafted scheme which brings gifts and cash rewards to all current and normal savings (both individual and joint) account holders customers who maintain a minimum balance of ...
- Gift bonanza for Seylan Tikiri Plus kids (Category: Business)
- Winners galore in Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank’s Tikiri Plus lures kids with 100 bicycles offer (Category: Business)
- Seylan launches ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ with mega benefits on offer (Category: Business)
Coats, which has raised the bar and set industry standards in the area of sewing solutions, has joined hands with Sri Lanka Design Festival to project the many capabilities of the local apparel and fashion industry to the world. In order to share Coats’ global expertise in the apparel vertical integration sector, the company has ...
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread ties up with AOD (Category: Business)
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) yesterday reported that Group achieved a profit before tax of Rs. 4.82 b during the nine months ended 30 September 2011, a 29% increase from the corresponding period of the previous year. Chairman Nimal Welgama SLT Group which includes Mobitel Ltd., has been able to manage the operating and financing ...
- SLT Group stays resilient for Q3 overcoming external impacts (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT group achieves a profit of Rs. 4.8 billion in 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT 1H operating profit up 15% to Rs. 3.36 b (Category: Business)
- SLT Group up to Q3 pre-tax profits up by 29 pc to Rs. 4.8 bn (Category: Breaking News)
The Ceylon Continental Hotel recently hosted the very popular Continental Weddings Exhibition. One of the highlights of this exhibition was the raffle draw that allowed a lucky couple to win an all paid for dream wedding. Ceylon Continental Director Sales and Marketing Harsha Samaranayake (centre) draws a winner watched by Amaya Resorts and Spas ...
- Ceylon Continental’s ‘Wedding Exhibition’ to kick off wedding season in style (Category: Business)
- Wedding bells ring at the Ceylon Continental (Category: Business)
- VIDEO: Aspirations Education presents The Forward March 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
Range of exhibitions, forums and workshops for students and general public For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival is preparing to provide South-Asian region with a rare opportunity to witness and learn from the creative talent and expertise of globally renowned creative industry professionals. SLDF 2011 has invited a group of elite ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
- Famous designers, industry specialists in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
nSriLankan Airlines partners with Sri Lanka Design Festival: launches luxuriously designed flatbed at SLDF this November SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka’s national airline, in a bold attempt to enhance its products and services to drive the country’s ongoing boom in tourism and economic development will launch its latest addition: The luxury flatbed on Business Class. Partnering ...
United Motors Group’s net profit after tax for the half year ended 30 September 2011 rose 396 per cent year-on-year to Rs. 966 million, the highest ever net profit the Group has recorded. The revenue of the Group rose 147 per cent from Rs. 3.61 billion for the half year ended 30 September 2010 to ...
- UML Group Makes Rs. 11 Bn. (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia forecasts UML net profit to rise 79% to Rs. 1.6 b in FY12 (Category: Business)
- United Motors Group achieves highest ever profit of Rs. 2.2 b in FY12 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s United Motors Lanka’s net profit rise by 71% (Category: Breaking News)
The forum will be held on 18 NovemberThe South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, conceptualised by Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) as one of its main highlights of 2011, is already participated by apparel manufacturing leaders and their key partners promising to be a great platform and networking opportunity for apparel industry’s backward integration sector and ...
- Sri Lanka apparel industry on Design Festival catwalk (Category: Business)
- TradeCard joins forces with Sri Lanka Design Festival (Category: Business)
The inaugural show of the two day Pakistan Film Festival 2011 was held yesterday at the National Film Corporation auditorium. The main feature of this film festival was the screening of ‘Khuda Khay Liye’ (In the name of God), a Pakistani Urdu film with English subtitles, written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor. Member of ...
- Results of 2012 SAARC Film Awards (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka has 'war crimes rebuttal video (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 to broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Last-minute gaming gifts: 25% off headsets, BOGO 50% off Switch games and more - CNET (Category: Technology)
The South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, conceptualised by SLDF as one of its main highlights of 2011, is to be held on 18 November and will see many key apparel experts and high profile international press gather to provide their insights on topics that are crucial for Sri Lanka’s campaign to lead South Asian apparel ...
- TradeCard joins forces with Sri Lanka Design Festival (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka recently announced strong third quarter results that validate its dedication to customer satisfaction. In his review, CEO Asoka Pieris noted that the group’s revenue rose to Rs. 15.47 billion at the end of the first nine months. The revenue represents a growth of 37% over the same period of the previous year ...
- Singer Asia – Retail Holdings Board of Directors meet in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Singer Finance opens at Embilipitiya (Category: Business)
- Dialog strikes deal with Singer outlets on bill payments (Category: Business)
- Singer partners Artmatrix (Category: Business)
Joins as the Pinnacle Sponsor for the second consecutive yearSri Lanka Telecom has come forward as the Pinnacle Sponsor of Sri Lanka’s flagship ICT Expo Infotel for the second consecutive year. Infotel 2011 will be held from 2 to 5 December at the BMICH and is organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry of ...
- ESOFT educational partner of Infotel 2011 (Category: Business)
- Infotel 2011 to ‘Accelerate IT’ (Category: Business)
- ‘Infotel 2011’ in December (Category: Business)
Lives by the quote “Live to eat! Life is cooking” Chef Carlos Gomez Melendez is a true Latin American in “every sense” . You will hear him miles away” loud and full life” with a zest to produce the finest culinary pieces that can even impress the greatest dignitaries such as US Presidents Barak Obama ...
- Cinnamon Grand’s Chef Sudu: World renowned master of culinary arts (Category: Business)
- The dry-aged steak guy returns home for London Grill take-over (Category: Breaking News)
- Li Qi Wu the new Master Chef at the Golden Dragon (Category: Business)
- Executive Chef of Hilton Colombo honoured as President of Bocuse d’Or, Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
‘World Chall-enge’ is a global contest conducted by BBC TV, Newsweek and Shell. During its six-year existence, Sri Lanka has been able to win the top prize not once, but twice. In 2006, it was ‘Maximus,’ a firm making paper out of elephant dung, that won this prestigious award. ‘The Safe Bottle Lamp Project’ that ...
- Jana Aragalaya now ‘Frontline Socialist Party’ (Category: Breaking News)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
- Results of 2012 SAARC Film Awards (Category: Business)
- ‘The Artist’ Wins Producers Guild’s Best Picture Award (Category: Business)
I still remember the thoughts that crossed my mind on the day that Harvard University announced the top 50 candidates for the 2011 Global Leaders in Development forum. The excitement was high, but then again the commitment to me personally in Sri Lanka made it a catch 22 decision. The decision was tougher, given that ...
- A brilliant marketer? (Category: Business)
- The changing face of brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Tilan becomes youngest SLIM President (Category: Business)
- Developing cutting-edge brand strategies (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha has said “Belgian tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka grew by 114.5 per cent during the first nine months of 2011” and that “Sri Lanka has become one of the most preferred destinations in Asia for Belgian tourists”. The Ambassador added that: “The number of ...
- BELGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS SRI LANKA HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE (Category: Breaking News)
- Belgian, SL ties strong (Category: Breaking News)
- Belgian companies to invest in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The courage the Government has demonstrated in cancelling the CATIC deal and yet feeling secure, rather than embarrassed by it, must be recognised. It is a responsible step, a prudent decision, which will have enduring benefit both in terms of national policy and FDI strategy. This step will also earn the respect of the indigenous ...
- Sovereign Wealth Funds (Category: Business)
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Unilever’s Pears to make millionaire children (Category: Business)
- Revamped Siddhalepa Ayuverda Health Resort opens (Category: Business)
Azhar’s maiden test century leaves Pakistan 281-4 Sri Lanka toil all day for just four wickets Reuters: Victoria Azarenka did not mince her words when she was quizzed again about her on-court sound effects at the WTA Championships on Wednesday. The Belarussian’s incessant groans after pretty much every ball she strikes irritate crowds and television ...
- Azarenka expects to hear Sharapova loud and clear (Category: Business)
- Azarenka routs Sharapova to win at Indian Wells (Category: Business)
- Azarenka, Ferrer cruise at upset-free US Open (Category: Business)
- Sharapova beats top seed Azarenka for first 2012 title (Category: Business)
The Galle Fort first built in 1588 by the Portugese, and extensively renovated by the Dutch from 1649 onwards, has now become an icon of Sri Lanka. Recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Fort and its inner properties have become synonymous with history and adventure. Perfect for Jetwing Hotels, as they introduce their ...
- Jetwing ready for GLF 2012 (Category: Business)
- Creating memories that last - Jetwing Hotels at the Bridal Fair 2011 (Category: Business)
- Jetwing Animal Clinic at Tangalla Bay (Category: Business)
- Jetwig Hotels wins eight TripAdvisor certificates of excellence (Category: Business)
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